Lexicon / H3645
כְּמוֹשׁ
ke.mosh
  • Chemosh

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Chemosh

§ Chemosh = "subduer"

the national deity of the Moabites and a god of the Ammonites

also identified with 'Baal-peor', 'Baal-zebub', 'Mars' and 'Saturn'

1b) worship of this god was introduced into Jerusalem by Solomon and abolished by king Josiah of Judah

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Chemosh

כְּמוֹשׁ n.pr.div Chemosh .;—god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place